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Old May 18, 2016 | 11:45 AM
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It's the blue wire hanging below the steering column.
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Model year? It may go to the brake pressure differential switch behind it in the first pic.
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It might go to 'A' if you have that switch.

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Oil pressure sensor just above the oil filter. 77 uses a blue wire for it.
The thing that makes me think 77 is that there's no shift interlock cable, 77 was the first year without it and 78 and up have a different color wire. Most years use a tan wire for the brake failure light.

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Originally Posted by '75
Oil pressure sensor just above the oil filter. 77 uses a blue wire for it.
The thing that makes me think 77 is that there's no shift interlock cable, 77 was the first year without it and 78 and up have a different color wire. Most years use a tan wire for the brake failure light.


1976 blue wire is the oil pressure sender!

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